Sundance 2011: IFC Purchases Festival Standout ‘The Ledge’

IFC has been on a roll recently, picking up several buzz-worthy films from Sundance that might not have gotten distribution otherwise. The latest acquisition is The Ledge, a character driven drama about a guy threatening to jump off the top of a building. Well, it's slightly more complicated than that: The guy jumping is an atheist involved in a love triangle with a woman and the other guy is a big believer who actually talked him up to the roof in the first place. Then throw in a detective assigned to talk him down and you have your twisted thriller. The company paid just over $1 million for the picture and you can expect to see it in limited release and on select VOD services this Spring. The official (and by official, we mean the

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